this reminds of the product called ‘Microsoft Works’ which worked as well as you can expect
That was actually a very decent low budget productivity suite for a very long time. Only at the very end was it not so great.
i spent many years wrangling shops from works to msoffice, which is wholly incompatible. much fun
Blame cheap-ass management for that, not MS. It was only ever meant for home and student use.
I hear ya, I’m just saying that MS Works was decent software for its target market. In fact, there was a time in the late 90s when Microsoft Works and Microsoft Office were pretty close and capability. That period didn’t last long, though.
Blame cheap-ass management for that, not MS. It was only ever meant for home and student use.
I guess making sure NEW CUSTOMERS CAN’T GET THEIR DATA INTO YOUR HIGH END PRODUCTIVITY SUITE is just good business then?
No, this was typical 1990s “we don’t need to make good decisions because we’re a monopoly” Microsoft.
Seems like Apple is really hitching themselves to this with a name like that. If it’s a flop, it’ll be like Apple Maps jokes all over again but 10x worse.
I don’t recall that joke, and honestly prefer Apple Maps today over Google/Waze. Was the joke about how much Apple Maps sucked when it first rolled out? It really did suck back then.
Pretty much, yeah
Must have struggled since the word already starts with “i”
Just don’t fall on the hype people
Actually kind of make sense. Apple has previously used some product names that are tangentially “military” themed — AirPort Extreme and AirPower (RIP) comes to mind. So to play on military intelligence, naming it Apple Intelligence (or lighter weight variant of “AirIntelligence”) would fit the theme.
Edit: Also BootCamp, Radar (former bug tracker name), and AirDrop. If you really stretch it, Launchpad, Gatekeeper, and Secure Enclave also has similar vibes.
Pretty sure Apple Intelligence is a play on Artificial Intelligence, and not Military Intelligence.
I know; the point is that it could be both and it fits the loosely represented theme.
AirPower is not just military power of dominance, but also a power charger for Apple products.
Similarly, Apple Intelligence is not just military intelligence but also an AI product/framework for the Apple platform.
